Company Mergers

In class we talked about company mergers and company acquisitions. The reasons why companies buy out other companies is to allow the company to grow either "vertically" or "horizontally" in their respective industry the company is in. In this article, Barclay allows other companies to buy out other companies in order to get rid of their competitors. As discussed in class, by buying out competitors, the original company is then allowed to have a greater market share in their respective industry.